2011 Mid Sussex District Council election

2011 Mid Sussex District Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 54 seats to Mid Sussex District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 30 seats, 44.4% 23 seats, 39.4% 1 seat, 3.1%
Seats won 45 8 1
Seat change 15 15
Popular vote 26,865 16,778 3,710
Percentage 50.8% 31.7% 7.0%
Swing 6.4% 7.7% 3.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Mid Sussex District Council election
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2011 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members to Mid Sussex District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2011 Mid Sussex District Council election[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 45 15 0 15 83.3 50.8 26,865 +6.4
  Liberal Democrats 8 0 15 15 14.8 31.7 16,778 –7.7
  Labour 1 0 0 1.9 7.0 3,710 +3.9
  Green 0 0 0 0.0 6.0 3,195 –0.5
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 3.2 1,677 +2.8
  Independent 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 648 –5.0

Results by ward

Ardingly and Balcombe

Ardingly and Balcombe (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Marsh 1,233
Conservative Andrew MacNaughton 1,104
Liberal Democrats Heather Ross 556
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ashurst Wood

Ashurst Wood[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barnett 529
Conservative Gary Sillitoe 480
Turnout 1,009
Liberal Democrats hold

Bolney

Bolney[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Seward 745
Liberal Democrats Cavan Wood 217
UKIP Peter Hopgood 148
Turnout 1,110
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Burgess Hill Dunstall (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Barrett-Miles 1,075
Conservative Jacqui Landriani 989
Liberal Democrats Mike Bliss 507
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

Burgess Hill Franklands (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Simpson 1,222
Conservative Ginny Heard 962
Liberal Democrats Graham Allen 938
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Leylands

Burgess Hill Leylands (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pru Moore 819
Conservative Cherry Catharine 730
Liberal Democrats Peter Barton 611
Liberal Democrats Simon Hicks 611
Green Anne Eves 247
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill Meeds

Burgess Hill Meeds (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Dumbovic 732
Conservative Anne Jones 716
Liberal Democrats Janice Henwood 689
Conservative Chris Smith 597
UKIP Chris French 177
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Burgess Hill St Andrews (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Denis Jones 818
Liberal Democrats Graham Knight 724
Conservative Kirsty Page 662
Conservative Jeremy Catharine 617
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Burgess Hill Victoria

Burgess Hill Victoria (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mandy Thomas-Atkin 817
Conservative Emily White 703
Liberal Democrats Roger Cartwright 682
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Stephens 618
Green Victoria Grimmett 280
UKIP Kevin Walker 183
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Livesey 1,258
Conservative Edward Matthews 843
Labour Timothy Cornell 291
Liberal Democrats Eileen Balsdon 237
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Crawley Down and Turners Hill (3 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phillip Coote 1,481
Conservative Bruce Forbes 1,379
Conservative Neville Walker 1,212
Liberal Democrats Bill Morrison 453
Labour Alison Cornell 449
UKIP Brian Bezzant 339
UKIP Eric Saunders 320
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Cuckfield

Cuckfield (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Salisbury 1,142
Conservative Katy Bourne 1,126
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch 779
Liberal Democrats Paul Lucraft 472
Green Gillian Maher 282
Labour Sarah Moss 165
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Ashplats

East Grinstead Ashplats (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Bennett 1,037
Conservative Peter Reed 941
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Beckford 504
Liberal Democrats Paul Johnson 483
Labour Alice Tyrrell 233
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Baldwins

East Grinstead Baldwins (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Belsey 887
Conservative Norman Webster 837
Liberal Democrats Julie Mockford 751
Liberal Democrats Norman Mockford 678
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

East Grinstead Herontye

East Grinstead Herontye (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Belsey 1,074
Conservative Dick Sweatman 1,046
Liberal Democrats Chris Jerrey 692
Liberal Democrats Tony Joannou-Coetzee 630
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

East Grinstead Imberhorne

East Grinstead Imberhorne (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Heidi Brunsdon 995
Liberal Democrats Bob Mainstone 865
Conservative Rex Whittaker 794
Liberal Democrats Tim Wise 671
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

East Grinstead Town

East Grinstead Town (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John O'Brien 711
Liberal Democrats Catrin Ingham 667
Liberal Democrats Howard Evans 617
Conservative Peter Wyan 601
UKIP Ian Simcock 201
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Hassocks

Hassocks (3 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Marples 1,545
Liberal Democrats Sue Hatton 1,423
Conservative Peter Martin 1,396
Conservative Neil Roberts 1,227
Liberal Democrats Betty Davies 1,082
Liberal Democrats Kristian Berggreen 1,037
Labour Steve Lewis 542
UKIP Ralph Wylam 340
Turnout
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Haywards Heath Ashenground (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Knight 714
Liberal Democrats Richard Bates 687
Conservative Sujan Wickremaratchi 668
Liberal Democrats Jon Gladstone 649
Labour Joanna Cane 294
Labour Alexander Batteson 287
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Haywards Heath Bentswood (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Dorking 658
Labour Richard Goddard 620
Conservative Stephen Hillier 619
Liberal Democrats Irene Balls 552
Labour Derek Booker 523
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Jones 483
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold

Haywards Heath Franklands

Haywards Heath Franklands (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John de Mierre 950
Conservative Garry Wall 897
Liberal Democrats Friday Ng 400
Liberal Democrats Mark Thorogood 389
Labour Alan Yates 214
Labour Alan Rew 209
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Heath

Haywards Heath Heath (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Ash-Edwards 1,090
Conservative Natalie March 966
Liberal Democrats Sussan Ng 713
Liberal Democrats Jane Clarke 703
Labour Linda Gregory 275
UKIP Lesley Montgomery 132
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Haywards Heath Lucastes (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Farmer 1,168
Conservative Mims Davies 1,143
Liberal Democrats Hugh Faithfull 511
Liberal Democrats Tony Bridger 499
Green Alex Wise 390
UKIP Marc Montgomery 157
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Weald

High Weald (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon McMenemy 1,159
Conservative Christopher Hersey 1,152
Green Paul Brown 651
Liberal Democrats Christian Thal-Jantzen 529
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Hurstpierpoint and Downs (3 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Callaghan 1,435
Conservative Simon Banham 1,424
Conservative Colin Trumble 1,260
Green Mike Airey 706
Green Victoria Standfast 698
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson 693
Independent David Evans 648
Green Mark Vivian 575
Liberal Democrats David Drew 482
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lindfield

Lindfield (3 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Hersey 1,832
Conservative Christopher Snowling 1,778
Conservative Andrew Lea 1,734
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft 732
Green Peter Wemyss-Gorman 639
Liberal Democrats Isobel Staynes 556
Liberal Democrats Andrew McLean 468
Labour Michael Amor 418
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Cuckfield

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of incumbent councillor Katy Bourne, who was elected as Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner in November 2012.[4]

Cuckfield by-election: 2 May 2013[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pete Bradbury 770 57.8 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch 429 32.2 –0.7
Labour Stuart Gilboy 134 10.1 +3.1
Majority 341 25.6
Turnout 1,333
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Franklands

This by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent councillor John de Mierre on 31 October 2013.[6]

Haywards Heath Franklands by-election: 19 December 2013[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rod Clarke 414 45.6 –8.0
UKIP Howard Burrell 269 29.6 New
Labour Greg Mountain 103 11.3 –0.8
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft 91 10.0 −12.6
Green Miranda Diboll 31 3.4 New
Majority 145 16.0
Turnout 908
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Lucastes

This by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent councillor Tim Farmer on 6 August 2014 from oesophageal cancer.[8]

Haywards Heath Lucastes by-election: 23 October 2014[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoff Rawlinson 524 56.4 +3.9
UKIP Marc Montgomery 203 21.9 +14.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Chapman 112 12.1 −10.9
Labour Henry Fowler 90 9.7 New
Majority 321 34.6
Turnout 929
Conservative hold

Bolney

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of incumbent councillor Sue Seward.[10]

Bolney by-election: 13 November 2014[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Allen 261 42.9 −24.2
UKIP Anthony Watts Williams 187 30.7 +17.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Hicks 161 26.4 +6.9
Majority 74 12.2
Turnout 609
Conservative hold

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Mid Sussex". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "District Council Election Results 2011" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Sussex PCC election: Conservative Katy Bourne wins vote". BBC News. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ^ Clark, Tom (3 May 2013). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Cuckfield ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Haywards Heath West Sussex County Councillor John de Mierre dies". Sussex World. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  7. ^ Clark, Tom (20 December 2013). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Haywards Heath Franklands ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  8. ^ Gross, Oli (15 August 2014). "Tributes pour in after Haywards Heath councillor Tim Farmer dies of cancer". Sussex World. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  9. ^ Clark, Tom (23 October 2014). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Haywards Heath Lucastes ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  10. ^ "This week's local by-election roundup". PoliticsHome. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  11. ^ Clark, Tom (13 November 2014). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Bolney ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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